Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Khan Ghauri on Thursday said the shipping industry of Greece has shown interest to import manpower in this field from Pakistan.
Talking to APP, in Tripoli, where he is accompanied with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in his visit to Greece, Libya, and Morocco, Babar Ghauri said the representatives of Ministry of Shipping and Ports of Greece and private sector would soon visit Pakistan to finalise the import of manpower.
Referring to his meeting with the Minister of Ports and Shipping of Greece, Babar Ghauri said the talent of Pakistanis working in the ports and shipping industry was highly appreciated in the meeting by the Greece minister.
He said aspects of joint ventures in shipping and ports were also discussed in the meeting. Babar Ghauri said Pakistan has trained manpower in the shipping and efforts are being made to send this trained manpower to other countries and main concentration is Greece because this industry has achieved success in this country.
He said the Greece officials have also appreciated the introduction of Machine Readable Passports by Pakistan.
Replying to a question Babar Ghauri said the Minister of Shipping of Greece has assured his full help and co-operation to get the insurance claim of Tasman Spirit case. The minister also held meetings with the representative of Greece Shipping Association to promote business activities between the two countries.
Federal Minister for Privatisation and Investment Zahid Hamid said the business community of Greece has shown interest to invest in shipping, petroleum, refinery, construction, mega projects, oil and gas sector, agriculture and tourism.
He said during his meeting with the minister of investment of Greece, both the countries agreed to start negotiation for joint ventures in these departments.
Appreciating the decision of America to lift economic restrictions on Libya, the minister said, it would promote development in Libya. During his meeting with Minister of Economic Affairs of Libya, the Federal Minister Zahid Hamid also discussed the matters of enhancing trade and economic ties.
Libya has started privatisation process, and showed the interest to seek guidance and co-operation from Pakistan in this regard particularly in the banking sector.